romanticscot Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 I agree that we were better but I think as we have gotten worse and many other nations have got better - Belgium are now a European power house and Spain have become top tier also to add to Italy, France, England, Germany, Holland and Portugal also, then the mid tier teams has gotten stronger also - its harder than ever in Europe to qualify. Scotland should leave the UK and become a state of US - then we can qualify through CONCACAF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonny79 Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 Or we could host one?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 2 hours ago, romanticscot said: I agree that we were better but I think as we have gotten worse and many other nations have got better - Belgium are now a European power house and Spain have become top tier also to add to Italy, France, England, Germany, Holland and Portugal also, then the mid tier teams has gotten stronger also - its harder than ever in Europe to qualify. Scotland should leave the UK and become a state of US - then we can qualify through CONCACAF. I've said that for some time. Geologically we're North American. Just around 60 million years too late 🐌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanticscot Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Are you referring to the pangea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bino's Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Are we third seed or are we not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 3 hours ago, romanticscot said: Are you referring to the pangea? Aye, but even longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Chris Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 On 12/6/2019 at 7:34 AM, mccaughey85 said: Can't see us being able to qualify for the WC unless they decide to increase the teams. It will be 48 for Canada/US/Mexico but even then Europe still only getting extra 3 or 4 places so same as for euros before 2016. Realistically if Scotland can't qualify for 24 team euros not going to be making a WC anytime soon unless the group draw is very kind e.g. get drawn with a pot 1 team like Romania who Northern Ireland got for 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Chris Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 On 12/6/2019 at 6:00 PM, romanticscot said: I agree that we were better but I think as we have gotten worse and many other nations have got better - Belgium are now a European power house and Spain have become top tier also to add to Italy, France, England, Germany, Holland and Portugal also, then the mid tier teams has gotten stronger also - its harder than ever in Europe to qualify. Scotland should leave the UK and become a state of US - then we can qualify through CONCACAF. All the teams breaking up has been an issue I think. Used to be just one Soviet Union team but now you can be in group with Ukraine or Russia which is always tough and of course Georgia also came from that bloc.... Also Yugoslavia and now it can be any of Serbia, Croatia or Macedonia. Flip side is less places in those days although I'm pretty sure in days of 16 team WC europe got 7-8 places so higher percentage than you actually get now. Could be wrong of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) On 12/9/2019 at 9:29 PM, Tartan Chris said: All the teams breaking up has been an issue I think. Used to be just one Soviet Union team but now you can be in group with Ukraine or Russia which is always tough and of course Georgia also came from that bloc.... Also Yugoslavia and now it can be any of Serbia, Croatia or Macedonia. Flip side is less places in those days although I'm pretty sure in days of 16 team WC europe got 7-8 places so higher percentage than you actually get now. Could be wrong of course. Europe used to get 9 or 10 places when it was a 16 team WC. Those places would include the hosts and previous winners if either were European. Edited December 11, 2019 by Orraloon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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